Robot Raconteur Core Library and Wrappers

A communication framework for robotics, automation, and the Internet of Things

http://robotraconteur.com

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See the Getting Started Guide!

Contents

• Robot Raconteur Core Library and Wrappers
  • Documentation
  • Examples
  • Getting Help
  • Quick Start
  • Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Building
  • ROS Support
  • LabVIEW Add-on
  • Standard Service Types
  • Companion Libraries
  • Robot Raconteur Directory
  • Package Quality
  • Contributing
  • License
  • Acknowledgment

Documentation

See https://github.com/robotraconteur/robotraconteur/wiki/Documentation for documentation.

Examples

See the examples directory for examples in various programming languages.

Getting Help

1. I found a bug! Please leave an issue on the GitHub Issues page
2. I have a specific question about how to use Robot Raconteur: Please leave a question on GitHub Discussions Q&A
3. I have a general question or comment: Please leave a message on GitHub Discussions.

Quick Start

The Quick Start example demonstrates the basic functionality of Robot Raconteur be creating a service, and then calling the service using a client. This example uses the “Reynard the Robot” Python package, which provides a simple cartoon robot.

Before running the example, make sure to install the required packages:

python -m pip install robotraconteur reynard-the-robot

On Linux, use python3 instead of python to run the Python 3 interpreter. Use python3 in the rest of the examples as well.

reynard_quickstart_service.py

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